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With all due respect, sir. I'm not sure I would call this the exact same situation.
This one is a tad more complex.
Not sure I remember ALL the reporters and insiders going back-and-forth on this one.
Yeah, so @SoFL_Dawg and Jeff, I wasn't saying they were the same (hence the "Different families and situations"). . .but the Nakobe Dean stuff was crazy the last 48 hours or so, so I thought maybe that's what we were getting into with this when you said that this one was going to go on for a loooong time.
Also, I've looked around on Burch on various team boards, and he seems to be so tight lipped that reporters/posters in-the-know for SCAR, Clemson, Bama, and us, of course, all seem to be relatively confident on him. I'm very interested to see where this one goes.
While not the determining factor in his recruitment, where he chooses to visit on the 27th will be telling. If he’s in Athens, that’ll be a strong indicator.
Im going to guess, No Visit anywhere that weekend.
Ill take that over visiting somewhere other than UGA.
How does Z. Walker compare to Burch? Not too long ago, I think we would have taken a Walker or Ojulari early rather than hold out for a higher ranked player.
I think we are now in the position where we can sit and wait, and if we don’t land Burch we feel confident we could still get a Z Walker/ Ojulari/ someone else even if we have to flip them. Kirby has changed the culture in that respect. It use to be, “well they are committed now, but we won’t count them until signing day” now it’s “let’s see which 5 star we flip on signing day”
Walker had a chance to pull the trigger earlier this year. Instead he chose to announce a top 5. As a result, he’s behind a couple targets as I understand it. Staff even cooled on him at one point and have recently picked things back up.
Burch is more ready to play immediately, high floor with a high ceiling. Walker has a high ceiling but could have a low floor. The thing with him is that he’s still filling out his frame, so we don’t know what he could be.
No hesitation, you take Burch over Walker despite Walker being from the state. BJ is a great player and I like the genes; wrong year for him as seat is taken.
I believe based on info available today, Walker goes to fu or the barn. It’s not going to always work out that we can slow play a kid and still come back in and sweep them off their feet.
Burch said it best, “I want to go somewhere that I feel like a priority, not just another option.” I think many feel that way and there’s a few who obviously know they’re another option.
understood also, I think green-warren is a better athlete and Alford is a better option at safety to fill in for that jr reed type of player spot
SoFl
Great stuff as always on Walker.
What are the back up plans on missing these top athletes and what’s the back up plan to them. If we need one
Commits and Targets: My class in italics
QB (1) - Beck
RB (2) - Milton, Lloyd, Chaney, Bisgby, McClellan
WR (4) - Rosemy, Robinson, Wren, Burton, Smith, Baker
TE (2) - Gilbert, Washington, Johnson, Large, Carr
OL (4) - Jones, Ratledge, Braun, Van Pran, Lindberg, Johnson Jr, Rogers
DL (5) - Burch, Dexter, Smith, Carter, Cowan, Stackhouse, Brinson, Burroughs, Walker, Rogers
OLB (1) - Sherman, Harris, Ojulari (Harris could be late addition as 2021 class member)
ILB (1) - Sewell, Flowe, Another OL
DB (4) - Ringo, Kimber, Williams, Thompson, Green-Warren, Manning, McGlothern
K (1) - Zirkel not in my 2020 class but first signee for 2021 August
That's my take on where we stand and where we are going. I am sure there are many others with differing views and I will not hit 100% (nor likely will they).
Edited for @SoFL_Dawg comments below.